Re: Reinstallation vs. Fixing network problem

["Jacob Fugal" <jpfugal@xxxxxxx>]

Oops. No, I mean I notice no problems with my windows networking. That is,
DNS, subnet, internet, http, and all that works just fine with windows. I
can't so much as ping anything in my subnet under Debian right now.

Jacob Fugal
jpfugal@xxxxxxx

> When you say that it works well enough to post this, it sounds like
> you're implying that there are problems with networking in Windows too.
>   If this is the case, it sounds like a bad network card/cable.
>
> Are you being assigned an IP address in Debian?
>
> On Mar 10, 2005, at 12:49 PM, Jacob Fugal wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a dual boot Windows XP Pro/Debian "sarge" machine. The network
>> under Debian used to work just fine. Then my wife restarted the machine
>> during Debian bootup because she wanted Windows. (I can only guess that
>> that was the cause of the problem.) Now I can ping my own machine but
>> not
>> the gateway or any other machine under Debian. Windows networking works
>> well enough for me to post this. I tried unloading and loading the
>> network
>> module (using modprobe), ifdown and ifup the interface, I even tried
>> recovery mode. When I run ifconfig, it shows that both eth0 and lo
>> have Tx
>> and Rx errors that increase every time I try to ping anything other
>> than
>> my own machine. Further, when I type ifup eth0, it replies "eth0: link
>> down" when clearly the link is up and running just fine.
>>
>> The only way I can think of fixing this problem is a new install of
>> Debian.
>>
>> Any ideas on what the problem is or how to fix the networking under
>> Debian
>> short of reformat and reinstallation? I'd appreciate it.
>>
>> Jacob Fugal
>> jpfugal@xxxxxxx
>>
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